12/03/08

Politically Incorrect Movie Reviews
I, Robot
By RadioFree Rocky D

I’m originally from Chicago, so imagine my surprise when I learned from “I-(comma)-Robot” that in 31 years the town of my birth will be besieged by blue-eyed Caucasian robots intent upon taking over the world – oh, wait a minute … isn’t the Chicago Democratic Machine doing that already?

I, Robot borrows the title, a few whacked ideas about robotics and the now famous three laws of “conscious machines” from Isaac Asimov; but this film is mostly pure shoot-‘em-up action flick; it is not very cerebral – organic, mechanical or otherwise. Here’s the plot of I, Robot in a byte: Black cop pursues Robot Whitey to find out why the robot committed deicide (for those of you in publik skool, look it up). (Read the rest here)

Thank Government for the Mess We’re in
by Sheldon Richman
The Future of Freedom Foundation

The first presidential election in the post–9/11 era has people thinking hitherto unthinkable thoughts: Should the election be postponed if a terrorist attack occurs before election day? What if there is an attack on election day? What happens if an attack takes the lives of the winner of the election and his running mate before inauguration day? It has even been asked if these matters should be discussed publicly.

Advocates of thoroughgoing individual liberty are entitled to say "I told you so" on at least two counts.

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Libertarian Commentary on The Day's News
By Nathan A. Barton © 2004

The views expressed herein are solely those of the writer, and subject to challenge at any time. No one else necessarily claims them, and sometimes he doesn't, either!

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1- U.S. gov gets active reservists' pay right 5% of the time
Sun-Sentinel
No matter how patriotic (or deluded) a soldier is, messing with their pay is a major error and can lead to massive problems, especially once they get home. Pay is normally messed up, but this is a worse situation than any since about 1941. Of course, we won't discuss the fact that the entire system is so complex and byzantine that the miracle is that even 5% got it right! (Read the rest here)

Being Pro-War Is Not Necessarily Patriotic
By Ivan Eland

As the 21st century dawns, Americans have come to define patriotism as uncritical support of war and the military. In this year’s presidential campaign, John Kerry touts his war exploits in Vietnam, and those with connections to George W. Bush try to rewrite this history decades later. The president dresses up in military garb and lands on an aircraft carrier, pretending to be a war hero to make people forget that he avoided the danger of conflict years earlier. Both Bush and Kerry favored the unprovoked U.S. invasion of a sovereign nation (Iraq)—the same thing Saddam Hussein did to become a world pariah in 1990. And both the president and his challenger said they would have invaded even if they knew in advance that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. Such militarization of U.S. society and foreign policy would cause the founders of this great nation to roll over in their graves. (Read the rest here)

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